Chapter 53 (1/2)

”The place to cross the river is 4 km upstream from our camp The width of the river is about 85 meters, and the deepest part reaches till the waist The bottoravel, which is neither too slippery nor hard This side of the river bank is flat, while the other side has ave a brief summary of the exploration he carried out

”This is ather the whole troops at once and cross the river quickly!” Said Timasion excitedly

”However, we should also consider that Orontes troops will stop us on the other side of the river If we cross the river forcibly, then the casualties of our soldiers will increase!” Xanthicles said cautiously

”The Persians would never iine that ould wade across the river so easily! And as long as we rush to the other side of the river at the fastest speed, ill definitely be able to give them a sneak attack!” Said Tiet, there are Carduchians on our rear! What about our supply camp? Moreover, the Persians have a lot more troops than us, and they also have the Chaldaeans As long as they can withstand our impact for a while on the river back, then ill be in trouble And who kno long the sand in the river can support the soldiers!” Said Xanthicles with a slight concern

Tiht away, ”Do you have a better method?”

Xanthicles said, ”Aren't we all here to discuss how to cross the river sht you ca?” Tiestion” Xenophon interjected, ”We can split some of the soldiers to protect the supply camp When the main troops is ready to cross the river, these soldiers will lead the supply cae The Persians will surely think that ill gonna cross the river again from there, ill then attack them from the rear and ill split our troops to defend, once the main troops defeat the ene the supply caht and cross the river In this way, the troops are scatted and the supply ca slightly proud

They have to adhts After a while, Cleanor asked, ”The supply can to protect it? If it is toothe Persians Moreover, the supply camp and the soldiers will et easily exhausted, but they will also be easily attacked by the Carduchians Have you considered this?”

”This…” Xenophon hesitatingly said, ”It is inevitable that there will be casualties in war, but as long as we can minimize our loss…”

At this point, Davos said, ”Xenophon's words inspired me, and allowed me to think of a solution”

Everyone focused on hi, because it was proven a lot of tiest leader had never spoke casually, and his suggestion has always solved the proble the day” Davos looked at the leaders and saw that they were slightly astonished as they continued to listen quietly, ”In the evening, ill send troops across the river to find a place to hide after the Persians have all gone to sleep in their ca the Persians tomorrow, those troops will sneak attack the rear of the Persian for their formation and it will not only let us defeat the Persians, but also possibly wipe out so the Persians And therefore, once we enter Armenia, ill be able to reach the Black Sea estion is trully ingenious and out of the ordinary But in fact, the thinking of the leaders are just trapped in thehead-on that the Greeks had admired for centuries, while Davos' plan to cross the river was inspired by the strategy adopted by the Great Red Army in his previous life when they liberated Hainan by “coe troop forcefully crossed the river at the front”

”Davos, the soldiers doesn't have any experience in crossing the river at night How many soldiers will you dispatch to cross the river first? In case of any disturbance caused by their fear when crossing the river, it will easily lead to drowning and death, and will even alarht And it will also make the Persians know about the location of the river crossing that we have worked hard to find!” The way Cleanor speak is a lot more polite than when he spoke with Xenophon, and his concern was also an iht

”And hoill you hide the troops after you go ashore? When will they start attacking the rear of the Persians? I'm afraid that all of these needs to be taken into consideration” Reminded Timasion

Daves said without any hesitation, ”The problem you had said is not a problem for that troops!” Then he looked at Cheirisophus

Cheirisophus nodded in agreeht, 700 Spartans successfully sneaked across the river Centrites